QL Software Downloads

Emulators section

Updated:03/05/09

An extensive collection of QL emulators running on various platforms including Amiga, Atari, DOS, Linux/Unix, Mac and Windows. Where the emulator is still well supported, perhaps updated quite often, I've linked to the relevant website rather than include the package for download here, to help make sure you get the latest version. In any case, I've tried to provide web page addresses for information and general support even where I've placed the archive on this page.


QLay logoQLAY

QLay is a set of QDOS QL emulators for DOS, Windows and Linux by Jan Venema of The Netherlands. This is a freely distributable emulator with no restrictions. You can download the most recent versions from Jan's Web site: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/A.Jaw.Venema

QLATter

QLATter (39K) - Al Feng's utility for QLay users. Provides a simple to use file handling front end.


QLAY2

QLAY2 iconQLAY2 is a development of QLay to run on Windows 2000/Windows XP systems (also seems to work on Windows 98 SE). The update is by Jimmy Montesinos. The support website for QLAY2 is at http://www.jadiam.org/QL/QLay2/


QL2K

QL2K iconQL2K is a further development of QLay, also for Windows 2000/XP systems, by Jimmy Montesinos. The support and download site for QL2K is at http://www.jadiam.org/QL/. QL2K is registerware - it is free to download and use, but you need to register the emulator (free of charge) with the author.


QPC1

qpc1QPC1 is a QL emulator using SMSQ/E running in DOS. This version has a few limitations as described in the documentation files in its folder. Support etc from Marcel Kilgus and Jochen Merz Software, both of whose internet addresses are listed under QPC2 below. QPC2 is a QL emulator using SMSQ/E running on Windows 95/98/NT machines. This is a demo version of a commercial product written by Marcel Kilgus, available from Jochen Merz Software in Germany. It needs a minimum of a 486 processor. There are some restrictions on this version - see the documentation (mostly that you cannot save files to floppy or hard disk).

QPC2

QPC2QPC2v3 is a demo version of the 'colour drivers' version of QPC2, supporting 16-bit colour on suitably-equipped PC systems. The proper name for the so-called colour-drivers is Graphics Driver 2 or GD2 for short. There are some restrictions in this demo version, most notably that you cannot save files to floppy or hard disk. The full version of QPC2 has QXL.WIN file systems as well as a DOS device driver (read/write PC format floppy disks, hard drives etc) as well as a TCP/IP access system for web access and email using programs like Lynx, QPOP3 etc from Jonathan Hudson. QPC2 is a very fast emulator, which uses SBASIC which is SuperBASIC compatible (only much faster!) and can be set to use very large RAM memory.

Support, availability+price details and downloads available from the following Web sites:
AUTHOR: http://www.kilgus.net
PUBLISHER: http://smsq.j-m-s.com


QemuLator Lite for Mac

Mac logoQemuLator Lite for Apple Macintosh is written by Daniele Terdina and is Shareware. There are versions for 68K Macs and for PowerMacs. Further details from the author's Web site at: http://www.terdina.net/ql/MacQL.html


QemuLator for Windows

QemuLator for Windows logoQemuLator for Windows is also written by Daniele Terdina and is Shareware (registration of 40 dollars at the time of writing). Further details from the author's Web site at:www.terdina.net/ql/q-emulator.net. This emulator can emulate a standard QL, a Gold Card QL, or even a fast QL system with up to 16MB of RAM! It can run some versions of SMSQ/E or use QDOS ROM images (including Minerva), can access QXL.WIN or native file systems and has a built in TCP/IP system, so that you can use email and web browser programs such as those from Jonathan Hudson. The latest versions of QemuLator can also emulate Aurora 256 colour with Aurora/Gold Card version of SMSQ/E and Q60 16-bit colour displays if you write direct access code.


QDOS4Amiga

AmigaQDOS4Amiga is a QDOS emulator for the Commodore Amiga, by Rainer Kowallik and Mark Swift. It is freeware. Up to date copies may be obtained from most Ami-Net sites. See the README1.TXT file first
The emulator may be downloaded as three LHA-archived files from this page:
qdos4amiga1.lha - Disk 1, the emulator itself (186K)
qdos4amiga2.lha - Disk 2, the complete assembler sources (244K)
qdos4amiga3.lha - Disk 3, the QDOS support utilities disk (315K)


QDOS Classic for Amiga

QDOS classic logoQDOS Classic for Amiga is a QL emulator for the Commodore Amiga by Mark Swift. QDOS Classic for Amiga is closely related to QDOS Classic for Q40 by the same author. Freeware. Support and download from http://www.mswift.unisonplus.net/ql/index.html


QLem for Atari

Atari STQLem is an emulator for certain Atari ST machines, by Johan Klockars. Freeware. Details from  the Ancient File Library at http://www.devili.iki.fi/pub/emulators/Sinclair/QL/. May be downloaded here as ZIP or LHA files:
qlem.zip - download QLem as zipped file (67K)
qlem.lzh - download QLem as LHA file (66K)

QL2ST v3.0 is an associated QL disk transfer utility for use with QLem. QL2ST has two functions - initialise disks in the Sinclair QL format and convert files from a QL format disk to a TOS file system.
ql2st.zip - download QL2ST as zipped file (14K)
ql2st.lzh - download QL2ST as LHA file (14K)

TOSforQL is an emulator that allows certain programs written to run under TOS on the Atari ST to be run under QDOS. The emulator works by intercepting calls to the TOS operating system and mapping them onto the equivalent QDOS operating system calls.
tosforql.zip - download TOSforQL as zipped file (68K)
tosforql.lzh - download TOSforQL as LHA file (67K)


uQLx for Linux etc.

Linux penguinuQLx is a derivative of the emulation engine used in QemuLator. uQLx is produced by Richard Zidlicky to run on Linux/Unix platforms. Further details and download from http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2602/

A slightly more recent version of the emulator binaries is available here (courtesy of Urs König), although uQLx author Richard Zidlicky has hinted that he may produce an updated uQLx this year, so this version may be temporary. Download uQLx binaries (332K)


win-uQLx

uQLx-Win logowin-uQLx is a port of uQLx to Windows systems by Peter Graf and Phoebus R. Dokos. Download it here. (267KB). Alternatively, here is the original 7-zip version from Phoebus, which you can download here (219KB)

You will need the Cygwin distribution (provides a Linux-like environment for Windows) to be able to run this emulator on Windows - get the required files from http://www.cygwin.com/


uQLx for Mac OS X

uQLx-Mac logouQLx for Mac OS X is a port by James Weatherley of uQLx to run on the Apple Mac OS X operating system.Download it here.


Q40/Q60

Q60 circuit board imageQDOS Classic for Q40/Q60 may be downloaded from my Q40 page, or from the official Q40 website at www.q40.de. QDOS classic, as the name implies, is an implementation of the traditional QL QDOS operating system rather than the SMSQ/E operating system. There's also a version of Linux for Q40 and Q60 - click on the link above to Claus Graf's Q40 website for further details.


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